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The circulation of the French daily newspapers has been decreasing for several decades, which has caused much debate about a “press crisis”, both in academic and professional circles. This paper examines the crisis of the French regional daily press. First, it introduces some general elements about the press crisis in France and then identifies some of the possible reasons for this crisis. While some factors are economic and common to the daily press as a whole, others are sociological and more specific to the regional press. In particular, the question of the changes in the relations between regional dailies and territorial identities is studied. During the “second modernity”, from the 1960s to the present, phenomena such as individualisation and urbanisation contributed to such changes. Finally, the newspapers' reactions to the crisis are addressed. Changes in the treatment of local news are especially crucial to the survival of the regional dailies, but present obstacles and difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last decade, the study of media slant attracted a great deal of attention in economics. However, the research so far focused on political bias and its methodology relied on a purely quantitative analysis measured by the frequency of phrases. This article brings attention to the economic news and combines a quantitative with a qualitative analysis by reading the news reports/articles and deriving from this reading the analytical categories used for statistical calculations. This article deals with economic bias in general: how do the media view the economy? Do they buttress their arguments and reasoning by relying on scientific concepts or research? Do they take stances on specific issues? Who is qualified as "economist" in the media? are among the issues raised by this article. The study covers articles published throughout 2014 in France by the newspapers with the largest circulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]